Abstract
Shock electron heating due to breakdown of adiabaticity in a small‐scale quasistationary electrostatic field in the shock ramp is analyzed analytically and numerically and compared with experimental data. We derive statistical dependencies of the heating on the shock parameters. Relations obtained numerically are in good agreement with experiment.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 841-844 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | Geophysical Research Letters |
| Volume | 21 |
| Issue number | 9 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 1 Jan 1994 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Geophysics
- General Earth and Planetary Sciences